was born in West-Berlin as the son of a Hungarian mother and a German father. He began his studies at the Film & Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) in 1989. During that time, he made a number of films and videos as director and worked as director of photography and cameraman for several film directors like Bela Tarr, Hector Faver, Gisa Schleelein etc. He is working as a guest lecturer at the Centre of Cinematographical Studies of Catalania (C.E.C.C.) in BarcelonaSpain and at the School of Visual Arts (ESBAG) in GenevalSwitzerland.